Comb for long bobs



Aug 7, 1928.

S. CARLSON 'coms FOR LONG- BOBS Filed April 12, 1928 Patented Aug. 7, 1928.

UNITED STATES 7 silver: GARLSON, or GHICAGOgILLIfiOIS.

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Application filed April 1 2 1928. Serial No. 26932915 The present invention relatestohair combsa and has for its object to produce ashnple and novel device for securely holding to-: gether strands of hair brought to the back from opposite sides of the head; In" other words, the present invention may be sald. to. have for its object to produce a hair holding device that will permitia womans hair to be cut short in the back, while the hair at the sides and on the top of the head is comparatively long so that the ends may be gathered together at the back of the head and held in place by a single device.

The various features of novelty whereby my invention is characterized will hereinafter be pointed out with particularity in the claims; but, for a full understanding of my invention and of its objects and advantages, reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view of the back of the head of a woman whose hair is being held in a comb or holder arranged in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a top plan view, on

a larger scale than Fig. 1, of the comb detached from the hair; Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2, showing the comb in its closed condition; Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, showing the comb partially open; and Fig. 5 is a back view of the central portion of thecomb, with the ornamental cover plate for the hinge raised.

My improved device consists of two comblike elements curved to lit the shape of the head. These elements are arranged back to back and secured together at their middle by a spring hinge that tends constantly to hold other, but permits them to be swung apart.

In the drawing the backs of the combs are in the form of long curved bars 1 and 2. These bars are hinged together, midway between their ends, by means of a spring hinge 3. An ornamental flap 4 is hinged to the upper barin such a position that, when the comb is in use, the flap will swing down and conceal the spring hinge, as in Fig. 1. The

lower bar is provided with a short rearwardly projecting finger piece 5 just below the spring hinge. When the ornamental flap is swung up as indicated in Fig. l, a thumb may be placed under the finger piece 5, and the forefinger of the same hand on the upper end of the flap, and pressure be applied to open the device by swingingtliebars from the relative positions shown in Fig; to those which they occupy in Fig... 4;.

Theteet-h of the two comb devices are of peculiar shape, being. inwthe form of, U."

shapedwires 6. One leg-of each wire inthe upplersection is fastened to; the top of the upper bar 1, while; the other leg. extends. downwardly in front of the bar. In the same way, one leg of each wire constituting a tooth in the lower section is fastened to the under-edge of the lower bar 2, while the other leg extends upwardly in front of the bar. The plane of each U-shaped tooth, that is the plane containing both legs thereof, preferably extends radlally with respect to the center of curvature of the comb as a whole. Furthermore, the free legs of the teeth are made of such lengths that the lower ends of those in the upper half or sec tion extend downwardly past the upper ends of the free legs of the teeth in the lower half or section of the device. Furthermore, the teeth are preferably so disposed that there is little or no space left between the upper teeth and the lower teeth at the points where they cross each other.

In using the device, it is first opened as shown in Fig. 4; the hair to be held by the comb is brought from the top and sides of the head to the rear; the concave side of the open comb is placed against the head, in contact with the hair to be heldfand the device is then allowed to close, the teeth entering the hair from above and below. As the comb closes, the volume of the space in which the hair that has been gripped lies becomes smaller, so that the hair is held not the ends of the backs in contact with each only by a comb action, but by a clamping action.

The manner of using my improved device is shown in Fig. 1. The hair at the back of the head A is cut short, while that at the side and top is comparatively long, so that the sides may be brought together at the rear where it is received by the comb or holding device.

It will thus be seen that my improved device permits a woman to avail herself of the advantage of having hair cut short at the back, while the hair at the sides remains long, without being subjected to the objections to loose long hair. While my im proved device is particularly adapted for use in confining the hair out according to a llU so-called lon bob, it may be used wherever hairis to be eld in place by a fastening device.

While I have illustrated and described with particularity only a single preferred form of my invention, I do'not desire to be limited to the exact structural details thus illustrated and described; but intend to cover all forms and arrangements which come within the definitions of my invention constituting the appended claims.

"Iclaim: v ,1

1. A hair holder comprising two curved bars overlying each other and secured to- .geth er'atthe middle by a spring hinge, the

upper bar having fingersextending upwardly, and then downwardly on the concave side, and the lower bar having fingers extending downwardly and then upwardly on the concave side and projecting past the free ends of the fingers on the upper bar when the holder is closed.

2. A hair holder comprising two curved bars overlying each other and secured together at the middle by a spring hinge, teeth extending from the upper edge of the upper SIGNE CARLSON 

